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Reuters A majority of the U.S. Senate easily passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at bolstering the countrys cyber defenses, advancing the first serious attempt in Congress to combat crippling computer hacks that have felled a growing number of businesses and government agencies in recent years. The bill, which would expand liability protections to companies that

Arturo Garcia Corey Jones cell phone records indicate that he was calling for roadside help when he was approached by a Florida police officer just before being shot and killed, the Palm Beach Post reported. The records show that Jones called AT&Ts roadside assistance number, #HELP, at 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 18. Jones, a musician,

Bethania Palma Markus It seems like a strange parallel universe, but its not. Another devoutly Christian family with 19 kids and counting has been accused of sexual abuse, RadarOnline reports. Five women are suing the Institute in Basic Life Principles, the so-called treatment center to which Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sent their eldest son, Josh,

YES! Magazine On her street of clapboard houses in Poughkeepsie, New York, Donna West was the lady with no lights. Thats how people on the block know me, said West. But Im not hanging my head in shameno, Lord. Broad-shouldered and with a soft expression, West and her three children have been living in the

Reuters Handgun owners in Los Angeles would have to keep their weapons locked in a box or disabled with a trigger lock under a measure aimed at protecting children that was given unanimous approval on Tuesday by the city council. The provisions would not apply to people carrying a handgun or having one in their

Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz also attack debt and spending extension but objections may be as much about boosting profiles in Republican campaign Three Republican senators running for president have assailed a bipartisan budget deal to avert a government shutdown, with one of them launching an almost certainly futile attempt to

Reuters The budget deal with Congress could complicate President Barack Obamas push to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, which has been caught up in his fight with Republicans over spending caps, congressional aides and rights activists said on Tuesday. Obama last week vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act, objecting to the way the massive policy

Arturo Garcia Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may be lashing out at his critics, but he continues to display a penchant for falsely attributing statements to former US presidents. As the Washington Post reported, Paul described Buzzfeed reporter Andrew Kaczynski as a partisan hack after Kaczynski and colleague Megan Apper debunked several statements used in Pauls

Reuters California prison officials on Tuesday filed proposed new guidelines for using lethal injection to kill condemned inmates, a step that could lead to a resumption of the death penalty in a state that has not conducted an execution since 2006. The most populous U.S. state, a Democratic stronghold where public support for the death

Arturo Garcia A Portland family is allowing their terminally-ill 5-year-old daughter decide whether she should continue seeking medical treatment or be allowed to die if her condition worsens, CNN reported. Very clearly, my daughter was telling me that getting more time at home with her family was not worth the pain of going to the

UPDATE 9:30 p.m. EDT Oct. 27  Wal-Mart has decided to pull its Israeli soldier costume for children and Sheik Fagin Nose from store shelves and its website. The decision was welcomed by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). The costumes are very problematic, and offensive to many people. The Israeli forces are responsible for the continued

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has long embraced his Christian beliefs, bringing praying into the operating room and the campaign trail. He was twice baptized under the Seventh-day Adventist faith, which he described in his book Gifted Hands. His religion has now become part of his presidential campaign after Republican front-runner Donald Trump attacked Carsons faith as